The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-12
BOTTLES AND BABIES.
What . Lady Physician Has to Say Abou
Crying Ipfants-

what . Lady Physician Has to Say About
Crying Iuf.nts-
There is nothing whatever to be said
in favor of nursing bottles with their
pernicious nipples and tubes OF the
5000. 600 nursing bottles that our well
meaning country produces annually.
one-half that number directly and
speedily cause the death OF 4.000, 900
infants fed from them; .. 900. 900 will so
impair the digestive powers Of as many
babies that no amount Of medical skill
and nursing can save from the inevita-
Bile and often lingering bottle death;
1000, 600 accidentally find their way
into the hands of very conscientious
women. each Of whom spends more
time and labor and anxiety scrubbing
and purifying hers from dirt and mi
crobes and things than would keep
spoons and cups clean for . dozen ba-
bies; 100000 must be counted as
breakage md unused bottles.
Artificial food is not always accu-
rately prepared or properly packed. 1t
also is too sparing Of neutral proper
ties. II cows milk has proven treach-
erous after a careful trial. then the
next most reliable thing is condensed
milk. And if the fat has gone forth in
the household that artificial food shall
be used, almost any brand may DO
chosen from well-supplied market.
especial care being taken to use milk
in its preparation. and to guard against
sour nipples and tubes or perhaps
clean bottle. Otherwise the child will
slowly starve, though giving no signs
of stomach or bowel indigestion until
toward the end, the salvation Of this
diet being the milk used and grown
up" food which is daily given tho baby
on the sly.
What Of crying babicsp These un-
fortunates are either starving or have
some form of stomach or bowel indi-
gestion. Because a nurse has q great
quantity of what seems excellent milk,
is no reason that her baby can thrive
on 1t. 1t lacks some ingredient to
pacify and satisfy the child. Perhaps
too much work or too much idleness on
the part Of the mother. Too much tea
or coffee; too much milk for lymph
attic nurse. or too much beer or ale or
some form of alcoholic beverage will
fill the neighborhood with the most
distressing cries Of pain and anger
from the wrctched little dyspeptic. The
majority Of crying babies who have no
visible ailment will kick and cry day
| and night necessarily until their breast
or bottle is substituted by ''grown-up"
food
Diseased babies are in the same pre-
dicament Of starvation, in addition to
the pain they suffer from their Inherit
ance. Their untoward condition is
generally discovered from about the
third or fourth week to three months.
and is never mistaken by the physician
These and the crying babies (no mat
ter how young) always do better on
carefully prepared cows milk and
"grown-up' food selected by con-
scientious nurse. The diseased babies
never should nurse any woman, not
| even their own mother.
What is the cheapest and best food
for the baby? That only which will
nourish it and make it happy and good
natured, whether it will cost one dol
lar or ten dollars week.
The most comfortable and contented
babies are those who grow up in the
daily society of children. but whose
physical wants are kindly anticipated
by agreeable and motherly women Of
the Emphatic type, because this class
Of attendants are slow to anger. slow
Of action, very patient. and conse-
quently very attractive to all children,
more especially the nervous ones, who
are neither frightened into commissions
nor ST. Vitus dance by their speech OF
movements.
The clothing should be ample and
suitable to the season, always of wash
material, and wooden throughout.
Garments for the winter are Of course
heavier and more numerous than those
for the summer. For this purpose
white cashmere may be worn, or knit
shirts of very fine wool. But every
article Of dress should be large enough
to accommodate the baby's growth, as
well as shrinkage Of the goods. The
least work for the laundry. as we'll as
the least disturbance to the child
would suggest waists with buttons
(flat) at the belt to accommodate the
button-holes in the bands of all the
petticoats worn, SO that if necessary a
soiled skirt may readily be replaced by
clean one without removing the waist
also. Odeiia Bli,sn, N. d., in Chicago
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